Category Archives: Theory

Background principles and frameworks that influence the practice of Brain Friendly Learning

Is this the most important and exciting piece of research in years?

Recently, we discovered a little about the prefrontal cortex, looked at David Rock’s “actors on the stage” metaphor and applied it to the early driving experience of Paul's son. In this post we get down to the nitty gritty of what is going on and how brain friendly trainers can apply it to learning in any situation.
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Your brain is a stage with only four actors

In his book Your Brain At Work David Rock likens the pre-frontal cortex to a theatrical stage. At various times there will be actors on the stage and it is these actors that we are describing when we talk about what we are focussed on. So right now you may have a reading actor on your stage as you read this, you may also have a musical actor on stage if you are playing some background music, you may have your e-mail sorting actor on stage and / or potentially one or more of many.
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Desire, dopamine and successful set ups

As we discover more and more about neuroscience and how the brain works, I find myself making more and more connections to learning and training. For sometime Ally and I have been talking about the importance of really good set-ups in brain friendly learning; whether it’s the pre-programme invitation or the set up for the day [...]
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What goes around goes around…

I sometimes think it’s interesting to take a step back, reflect on progress and to analyse some aspect of our industry. Whenever I do this however I am more often than not struck by one thing – It’s funny how things go around. Many years ago I recall my first inspirational training boss (There have been too [...]
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Brain Friendly tips for students

For a lot of us, the exam season is upon us;  for some it’s mocks, for others it’s the real thing. Whichever is your current situation, all over the land parents can be heard encouraging their loved ones as follows: "Turn off that (delete as needed): laptop x-box playstation ipod TV mobile Wii ... and DO SOME REVISION!" So I thought I would share some [...]
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